Leonardo DiCaprio Taking a Long Break from Acting

Leonardo DiCaprio has been busy lately, working on "Django Unchained," "The Great Gatsby," and re-teaming with Martin Scorsese for "The Wolf of Wall Street." Now, in a new interview, the actor revealed that he's tired and will take some time off from acting.

"I am a bit drained. I'm now going to take a long, long break," he said. "I've done three films in two years and I'm just worn out. I would like to improve the world a bit. I will fly around the world doing good for the environment."

DiCaprio is not like other celebrities. While most entertainers never give a penny and just try to convince everyone else to donate money to charity, DiCaprio has consistently written huge checks to help disaster victims.

It's not clear how he plans to help, but it seems that his goal is to convince people to stop using oil and coal as energy sources. He explained: "My roof is covered with solar panels. My car is electric. A normal person does not drive more than 50 kilometers (31 miles) a day. That can be done with a plug."

Sure, I understand the whole idea of him living in a bubble (and he really oversells the "I'm a good boy" image), but he did come from a poor and dysfunctional background, so he can't be entirely written off.

"I would like to improve the world a bit. I will fly around the world doing good for the environment." = sitting at home for the next 3 years playing video games and banging new supermodels by the month.

Everyone would use electric/clean energy if it was cheap. No one uses oil because they love oil. Fix that problem, Leo and I'll buy an electric car when it doesn't cost $10,000 more than the car I drive now.

Poor guy. All that money, all that p*ssy and partying. The rest of us have it so good though, I guess, compared to Leo.

"I am a bit drained. I'm now going to take a long, long break,"

Adios, androgynous android.

"I would like to improve the world a bit."

So, suicide then?

"I will fly around the world doing good for the environment."

Didn't know they made electric planes, but I guess old Leo never realizes that airplanes are a huge contributor to pollution and "global warming".

"My roof is covered with solar panels. My car is electric. A normal person does not drive more than 50 kilometers (31 miles) a day. That can be done with a plug."

A normal person? Who the f*ck are you to determine what's normal? Maybe they commute. Maye they're an on-call plumber. Maybe they deliver pizzas. Is a pizza delivery man not normal, or is it you just think you're so special everyone should live exactly like you?

More Hollywood 'do as I say not as I do, listen to me plebs I'm your master and better than you' talk.

Even if the government subsidized solar panels for everyone, it wouldn't help much with the issue of fossil fuels because a) solar has only a fraction of fossil fuels' energy density, even when adjusted for expected increased efficiency, and b) fossil fuels would be needed to manufacture the panels.

I have a (rental) property I was considering to solar panel then entire 2500 sq. ft. roof.

$40K. No government help. If they got taken out by a hail storm, my then expensive insurance rates would go higher. And from the electricity these panels would have produced... payback was 40 f*ckING years.

@SAC - I'd rather he live his private life in private, and not pretend to think that everyone can expend the kind of cash on inefficient, expensive, non-government supported bullsh*t. And go fly and sail all he wants.

Brad Pitt put $5mil down in Louisiana to start a foundation to actually build homes (where the US gov. left your poor black folk behind). People need f*cking homes. NOT to be told that the should have solar panels. Get a grip Bud. You're usually sharper than this.

Lol. That evil US government. They didn't use other people's money to build new homes for poor black people living in crack houses on the edge of a sea-level swamp in a city too poor, largely in part because of all the poor black people, to afford new levies and a mayor, who was black IIRC and recently indicted for corruption, who gave a damn.

@mink - agreed. I don't want to judge those people. But the Gov. (Bush and Cheney) will spend BILLION$ rescuing oil-rich Iraq, yet not a penny towards 'justice' in Rwanda or Louisiana. No oil... no 'rescue' - coinky-dink? Me tinks not.

But if SAC can't see through Leo's selfish, self-righteousness.... hell, WHY doesn't Leo make a VERY affordable, productive solar package. Flying around the world to tell people what they already know. f*ck that.

"Lol Ranger, would you rather him sail around the world instead of fly?"

Why does he have to fly anywhere? To tell people how to live? To whom is he preaching? Chinese who can't afford to not use fossil fuels? Europeans well ahead of him on the environmental platform?

Leo's just making excuses to run the feel-good Hollywood charity rat-race. It's all competition. He has to do it because people of his ilk do it and if he doesn't it makes him look bad. It's all image, expelling all that CO2 and pollution jetting around the world telling strangers how to live, people who don't care about him or his stupid message, people living in huts or on rice plantations.

Like he's going to but anyone a solar panel, like he has any of the technical answers.

He's just proselytizer of his left-wing, liberal religion, and that's what it is, a religion, the same attitude preachers use to excuse them of making millions while people starve, while they tell everyone else to live with less because God says so, except God makes excuses for them because they're "chosen".

Leo believes, like all Hollywood retards, he's chosen to spread the faith too.

"It's not like he's taking the Leer down the street to the grocery store."

"But the Gov. (Bush and Cheney) will spend BILLION$ rescuing oil-rich Iraq, yet not a penny towards 'justice' in Rwanda or Louisiana"

Well the thing is, I don't want to get into it with you because we have different beliefs on these subjects, but Iraq was a pre-existing problem that probably would have led to war even without 9-11, even without Bush, because Saddam was an on-going problem not likely to do anything but harass the US for the foreseeable future.

Rwanda was a mess, but this was a Clinton thing, you have to remember, 1994, and he was the reason Osama bin Laden was allowed to walk around planning 9-11 and why Saddam was never handled. In fact, much of the mess he saw after 2001, with 9-11 and Saddam and even the housing bubble implosion can be laid at the door of him and his ineffectual administration and his unwillingness to do anything to address any of the pressing problems at home and abroad. And that's a f*cking fact.

As for New Orleans, FEMA was slow, but government agencies are usually slow anyway, and the people of New Orleans knew the levies were sh*t but they did nothing. They could have got the money, did the work, but like Detroit and Chicago and Memphis, corrupt black politicians were at the helm buying each other Mercedes and Lexus. And the Feds HAVE spent billions on NO since 2005...

Anyway, I know people like to say look, Bush spent billions on taking Iraq's oil even though we didn't take any oil and invaded because of WMDs and because Clinton didn't do his damned job, and than also say we didn't do sh*t down in NO because those people are, were black and Bush didn't care, but the people who didn't care were other NO blacks like Nagin, and Bush and Company spent billions thereafter cleaning up the mess, a mess that could have been avoided if the black people running that third world sh*t hole had given a damn, pun intended, up front.

@mink - just skimming here. Thx. I appreciate you do know we have differing opinions, but can appreciate that. You're a gentleman.

As for Leo... no, now Oprah.

To make herself feel magnanimous, she builds that school in Africa to empower poor African girls. They had nice uniforms, just so the ended up looking better to their handlers there that molested them.

Hey Oprah, you f*cking lesbian. They don't need ONE school, or uniforms, or hope. They NEED f*cking FRESH WATER wells dug so they can grow crops, you stupid bitch!

Did that stop Oprah from buying another $60 million home? Nope. But hey... she built that school right?

Lol I love this all or nothing attitude you guys have on here all the time. The guy says he's tired and needs a little time off from acting and all of a sudden he's sh*tting on all the little people that would love to be in his shoes. He casually says hewants to try (the best way he knows how) to help the environment and all of a sudden he's once again sh*tting on the little guy by "flying" across the world to do so. Sure the guy lives in a different world than the rest of us but that doesn't mean that shouldn't go out and try and make a difference. You use Pitt as an example but you forget that he just started building those houses after Katrina just a few years ago. It took him a lot of world travelling and experience to figure out how he could make a real difference. Maybe Leo is just doing the same. You can't know how to help if you don't understand the problem. Give the guy a break and try not to define his entire existence from two quotes that Alex through together. Maybe wait and judge him by his actions is all I'm saying.

The best he knows how... is there some paraphrasing going on there SAC? He admits he doesn't have a plan.

Look, if he wants to indulge and take an early semi-retirement. Great. Have at 'er. I've taken most of the last 8 years off. And did it while still being charitable, without telling others they're living wrong. If he has to make himself feel better by giving his message, fine. Pat, pat on his back.

All or nothing? How the hell do you see that?

And I won't judge Leo's actions. I'm only commenting on his words. If he has to cover his jetsetting of guilt with a veil of good-will fine. But I see through it. He could do more good sitting in a room producing a personal blog. He doesn't have to fly to exotic Spain to tell the world that we need more solar panels.

How does acknowledging an alternative to the status quo become telling people how to live their lives? You added that part just like you added the destination of his earth killing flight. For all we know he might be flying to the China to see how they get by with cheaper solar living than what we have here so he can bring ideas back to the States for possible implementation. For all we know maybe his celebrity can open doors to the energy market that were previously closed to the rest of us by the huge oil and gas monopolies that have little to benefit from alternative resources. Either way its all speculation at the moment which is why I say why not wait to criticize his actions not his words. That way you don't get caught adding your own conclusions to his innocent comments.

"For all we know he might be flying to the China to see how they get by with cheaper solar living than what we have here so he can bring ideas back to the States for possible implementation."

Because the Chinese don't use more coal and oil than the US, because their cities haven't just recently hit the news with reports of record breaking air pollution, because if you're going to look for development in solar energy you go to China, not the US or Europe.

@mink: not what I'm saying at all. One of the main reason the US hasn't become a major backer of certain alternative energy sources is they haven't found a way to make it affordable to the masses. China doesn't use a lot of solar energy but they lead the world in the production of solar panels. When the US recently tried to break into that market it was undercut by China offering cheaper paneling systems they have been making for years. It actually been happening all over the world with other countries leading the charge in alternative energy production while the US willing continues to suck from the tit of big oil and gas.

@deftone: so why is Leo is Hwood *sshole exactly? Is it because he actually gives a sh*t about people and the world outside of the industry? Or is it just because you're jealous of his fame and wealth?

You do know that solar panels work by absorbing photons into a two-layered, free-electron mixture, right? Basically the tech going into solar panels right now is pretty primitive. So it's not a function of making it affordable to the masses, it's a matter of finding a technology that can convert photons into electrons competitive to fossil fuels, and that hasn't happened.

"China doesn't use a lot of solar energy but they lead the world in the production of solar panels."

They make most of the world's garbage, sac. Look at Wal-mart. Everything is made in China. That doesn't mean China knows how to make solar panels more efficient. They don't. The only know, right now anyway, how to make in huge quantities what we tell them to make.

I: I HATE celebrities who don't know what the hell they're talking about.

II: I have respect for people who put their money where their mouth is.

III: I think Leo is trying to make a difference so I am not going to fault him for trying

but

IV: He's wrong.

I am from California and LOVED growing up with so many outdoor things to do. I could literally go shooting in the desert, Skiing in Big Bear and, if I used a thick enough wet suit, body boarding at Newport Beach... all in one day. So I love keeping the environment pure. But I am also conservative minded, so I have common sense and I understand that we cannot live on Earth without negatively impacting nature. Not without eugenics involved (the democrats back in the day wanted to keep poor people from adding their "inferior" genes to the gene pool so they proposed that the government forcibly sterilize poor people

So really this should be a conversation about limiting our negative impact on Mother Earth. And just like Ranger said, doing it in away that is affordable (or in other words, realistic)

Oh and Chinese leadership needs to be put on trial for human rights violations, market manipulation (the same thing Enron did), and war crimes (cyber terrorism) and the REAL Chinese government, the one banished to Taiwan, needs to assume their role again.

And it might sound racist but it's still true, but Minks right. I've said it on this website before, the cities with the highest misery index in America are cities that have been largely black communities under long term democratic stewardship. Detroit, Flint, Washington D.C., New Orleans, Cleveland, Chicago, Oakland and Gary, Ind. being strong examples of this.

@mink: No but Titanic did get me more p*ssy in 2 weeks than you've probably had in your entire life. And yes Leo and Cameron have earned a lifetime of props from me for that.

Remember this all started with me commenting on the constant negativity spread on this site. It's to the point that an actor could cure cancer and the WP crew would still call him an *sshole. Anyway I'll let you kids get back to the Hate, I'm going to see the Last Stand tonight to watch a true master spread some real love.....in a hail of bullets and bodies :-)

Leonardo DiCaprio, please continue your charity. There will always be cynics who will sh*t on your efforts; it is best to ignore them. It is in their nature to always be cynical, or else they would not be cynics. Allah smiles upon your good deeds.

And that comes from the guy who was robbed at the upcoming Oscar. f*ck u Leo, while you are leaving like an angel, here on earth we need to pay debts and making good improvements for the already wasted world. And is not gonna change our life worse from good because you saying it!

Leonardo DeNinjaturtle knows nothing about what a normal person does! I often drive 100 miles in a day! I don't like to, but that's the way of things. If DeCaprio gives me money I won't have to work, so I won't have to drive, which will be better for the environment. Leonardo ought to by a loofah brush and an ovenmit, so he can pat himself on the back about how much more wonderful and enlightened he is that the rest of us simpletons.

Real talk I drive a chinese retro black moped to get around town in a 2.5 mile radius for essentials and I drive a black 96 jetta to work which is abt 20 miles from home. Leo does neither. He flies to the model-vag and whines about doing 2 movies He can sniff my sh*t.

I think Leo's intentions are in the right place here, but he does come across as being a little naive or out of touch.

Solar panels on your house is a nice idea, but as many on here have already said, it's not really affordable or effiecient enough at this point. The Technology needs to improve before that's a viable option for people other than millionaires, I think.

Electric cars are along the same lines.

Not trying to criticize him too much here because again, I think his intentions are good. Just the way he phrased some of that answer, he seems a little off-base.